Min 1.25ct 7mm Round Russian Lab Alexandrite Item: RAR070B
Price: $24.99
Product Description for Min 1.25ct 7mm Round Russian Lab Alexandrite-RAR070BMin 1.25ct 7mm round Russian lab alexandrite. VSI 1 Clarity.
Product Information for Min 1.25ct 7mm Round Russian Lab Alexandrite-RAR070B
| Product Type: | Single Stone |
Primary Stone / Alexandrite
| Shape: | Round | Composition: | Synthetic |
| Cut: | Mixed Cuts | Treatment: | Untreated |
| Color: | Green | Gemstone Group: | Chrysoberyl |
| Dimensions: | 7 MM - Calibrated | Optical Properties: | Color Change |
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14 of 15 (93%) customers would recommend this product to a friend. |
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Beautiful gemstone,
July 8, 2008
DiamondsRlove
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"This Gemstone is absolulty beautiful. The color change is definatly noticable. I am very happy with my purchase. For the price, you cant beat it. I work in a jewelry store and I get so many compliments. Lab created or not, Alexandrite is just a gorgeous stone. I couldnt be happier with it."
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Product met expectations:
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Purchased as a gift:
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4 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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True Beauty,
March 30, 2008
Pixxiestyxs
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"This stone has great color change. It goes from a purple/blue with red flashes inside to a fantastic emerals green in the sunlight. A+ gemstone."
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Product met expectations:
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Purchased as a gift:
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 home learning library alexandrite
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Fast Facts
| A member of the Chrysoberyl family, alexandrite holds a prized and highly priced position among jewelry and gem collectors. |
| A color change stone, alexandrite can appear green in daylight and change to a raspberry color in incandescent light, but other color changes are also highly prized. |
| Alexandrite was discovered in 1830 in the Ural Mountains on the day Czar Alexander II came of age, and thus the stones were named in his honor. |
 The primary sources for alexandrite are Sri Lanka, Brazil, Burma (Myanmar), Madagascar and Russia.
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Alexandrite is a highly prized variety of chrysoberyl. Alexandrite only forms when aluminum/beryllium and chrome (which rarely occurs in nature) come together, accounting for its rarity. On Mohs’ scale of hardness, alexandrite is 8.5. It has a strong vitreous luster and primary sources include Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, and Brazil (Minas Gerais).
Color
Alexandrite is typically found in blue, blue-green, and brownish-green shades. However, this phenomenal gem is known as "emerald by day, ruby by night" because of its ability to change color, depending on the type of light in which it's viewed. In the daylight and fluorescent light, alexandrite appears in shades of blue and green, but in tungsten (incandescent) light, it appears in shades of red. Other alexandrite color changes are possible (from blue to purple, from greenish blue to reddish blue, from brownish-green to brownish-red, etc.) and also highly prized.
   
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